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Not Just Cigarettes: Researcher Warns Of Dangers Linked To Second-Hand Marijuana Smoke

Regardless of whether it comes from cigarettes, pot or other burning substances, Matthew Springer, a cardiovascular disease scientist, concludes, “it is very clear that second-hand smoke is health hazard.”

The Sacramento Bee:
Second-Hand Pot Smoke Can Give You More Than Just A Contact High
Matthew Springer, a researcher in cardiovascular disease, was attending a Paul McCartney concert at AT&T Park in San Francisco in 2010 when he took particular note of the “haze of smoke over the whole audience.” Springer, a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco, had studied the effects of second-hand tobacco smoke on heart and vascular function. But this smoke was marijuana, a fact that McCartney noted from the stage as the performer commented on the familiar herbal scented San Francisco air, Springer recalled. (Hecht, 4/21)

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